All 31 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government have posted the economic performance data for the first half of 2025, showcasing robust growth momentum while highlighting key pillars for sustained development in the second half.

Among all the provincial-level regions, southern Chinese coastal province Guangdong and east China's Jiangsu remain firmly in the "six-trillion-yuan GDP club", a term referring to cities in the Chinese mainland whose annual GDPs reach or exceed six trillion yuan (nearly 832 billion U.S. dollars).

According to the reports, provincial-level regions in central and western China performed exceptionally well in the first six months of the year.

In terms of economic aggregate, Guangdong topped the chart with its GDP of 6.87 trillion yuan, trailed by Jiangsu's 6.7 trillion and Shandong's first-half haul of above five trillion.

Growth-wise, 20 provincial-level regions, like the autonomous region Xizang, Ningxia and Xinjiang, and provinces like Gansu, Hubei, and Jiangsu, achieved year-on-year GDP growth exceeding the national average of 5.3 percent in the first half of the year.

Regarding growth momentum, advanced manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing industries in many regions saw rapid growth, and emerging industries showed strong development momentum.

In the first six months, the added value of advanced manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing increased by 5.9 percent and 6.0 percent, respectively, making up 55.4 percent and 33.0 percent of output growth of industries with annual revenue of 20 million yuan or more from their main business operations.

"We should increase support for emerging and future industries, while making the leading enterprises stronger, and further stimulating the new potential of small and medium-sized enterprises," said Gong Xiaofeng, director of the Institute of Emerging Industry Development in the Greater Bay Area with Shenzhen University.

Local governments in China have been huddling to map out the home stretch, focusing on achieving the annual economic growth target, with the three major aspects -- expanding domestic demand, fostering new quality productive forces, and stabilizing foreign trade -- expected to become the cores.